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Issue #3 January 16, 2018
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"Children Learning, Parents Earning, Communities Growing"
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CAPPA is excited to share our new partnership with End Child Poverty in California (ECPCA).
Information from ECPCA notes that California has the highest child poverty rate in the country, according to the Supplemental Poverty Measure, which accounts for cost of living. Not only does this cost children in lack of opportunity and unmet basic needs, it costs the state $66 billion a year. We know from research that lifting children and families out of poverty is crucial to improving health, providing access to a quality education, reducing crime, and paving the way for success in later life.
Does California really have the highest child poverty rate in the country?
An older, and generally considered less accurate, calculation is the Official Poverty Measure (OPM), which sets the federal poverty level. It's the same level, regardless of where you live. The OPM is still used, but it's inaccurate enough that the Census Bureau developed the
Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM)
. The SPM considers other factors that impact families, like the cost of living in different regions and any income supports they may receive from the government. It's generally much more expensive for a family to live in California than other states.
Think about it this way: The federal
poverty line
for 2017 is $24,600 for a family of four (meaning if you make below that, the government considers you to be in poverty and eligible for certain benefits). Obviously $24,600 goes a lot further in Mississippi than it does in California.
The bottom line is this: California is a rich state-the wealthiest in the country, in fact-but more of our people can't meet their basic needs than in any other state. It's not something to be proud of, but it's the truth, and we're going to do something about it.
End Child Poverty's CEO Conway Collis is currently co-chairing a statewide task force that will create a comprehensive, research-based plan for our state to eliminate deep child poverty and significantly reduce child poverty overall. As partners, we will champion each others' work and advocate for vulnerable Californians. Stay up to date with action items and news by joining the End Child Poverty in California campaign:
http://www.endchildpovertyca.org/
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CAPPA's
2017-18 Board of Directors
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Rick Richardson
Child Development Associates
Karen Marlatt
Valley Oak Children's Services
Beth Chiaro
Child Care Resource Center
LaVera Smith
Supportive Services Fresno
Martin Castro
Mexican American Opportunity Foundation
Jeffrey Moreira
Crystal Stairs, Inc.
Public Policy Co-Chair
Phillip Warner
Children's Council San Francisco
Tina Barna
Choices for Children
Abby Shull
YMCA Childcare Resource Service
Amanda Al Fartosi
KinderCare Education
Jeanne Fridolfs
Community Resources for Children
Mike Michelon
Siskiyou Child Care Council
Marco Jimenez
Central Valley Children's Services Network
San Mateo 4Cs
Michelle Graham
Children's Resource & Referral of Santa Barbara County
Joie Owen
Glenn County Office of Education
Denyne Micheletti Colburn
CAPPA CEO
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EESD/CDE, DSS & CCLD Updates
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January 12, 2018
CDSS has scheduled a public hearing for February 28, 2018, to receive testimony on the "CalWORKs Program: Subsidized Employment, Approved Career Pathways and Post-Aid Services" regulations package.
January 10, 2018
CDE announces 4 all new webinar-based trainings:
ALL COUNTY LETTER (ACL) 17-125. Guidance exempts benefits and related allowances received from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for education, training, vocation or rehabilitation from consideration as income when determining CalWORKs eligibility and calculating grant amounts for veterans, dependents of veterans and spouses, under specified circumstances.
The State Advisory Council on Early Learning and Care (SAC) will now be meeting 3 times per year. The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, February 28, 2018. See future meeting dates
The purpose of this All County Letter (ACL) is to notify the County Welfare Departments (CWDs) of changes to the federal and state Earned Income Tax Credits (EITCs) benefiting low-income working families and individuals and their impact on the CalWORKs and CalFresh programs.
November 21, 2017
October 11, 2017
October 11, 2017
Subject: Digital Applications
October 10, 2017
October 3, 2017
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Is Your Organization Hiring?
Post your job announcement here for thousands to see!
There is no charge for CAPPA members.
Non-members will be charged a fee of $75.
Please
email us
your posting!
North Coast Opportunities-Lake County
Children's Council of San Francisco
Child Care Coordinating Council, Inc. of San Mateo County
International Institute Los Angeles
Go Kids, Inc., Gilroy
Children's Council of San Francisco
YMCA Metropolitan Los Angeles
Fresno County Superintendent of Schools
Child Development Inc. is Hiring! See the Recruitment Flyer
Here.
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NEW!
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Featured Agency of the Month! Sierra Nevada Children's Services
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Sierra Nevada Children's Services (SNCS) is a private, community-based nonprofit child care resource and referral agency that has served families, early care and education professionals and the community since 1978. Our mission is to enrich the community by supporting quality child care and empowering families to aspire to lifelong success. SNCS administers multiple programs to support parents, caregivers, and childcare providers in Nevada and Sierra Counties.
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In 2018 CAPPA will continue our "
Featured Agency" segment to highlight amazing work being done by Alternative Payment Program (APP) child development contractors throughout the state of California.
From border-to-border, APPs connect working families and children with services to support self-sufficiency, stability of children in child care, and a host of services coordinated to help break the cycle of poverty. Many APPs also have been called on to serve as a community life-support of information and resources during the most recent fire related disasters. We are pleased to continue this tradition and bring focus to the untapped potential that is the 40 plus year APP community based system.
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The CAPPA Board has made it a priority to support our field with a coordinated calendar to note upcoming statewide conferences, federal conferences of relevance, CDE and DSS stakeholder meetings and legislative and budget deadlines and hearings.
- Click here to see the calendar.
- If you have news to share or an event you want added to CAPPA's website Calendar, email us!
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CAPPA Monday Morning Update Partner
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Our Monday Morning Update supports our Early Learning & Child Care field with timely information about what is going on in California and nationally; as well as dates to be aware and upcoming events.
Our weekly (50 times per year) Monday morning distribution is to more than 4,000 federal and state local agencies, resource and referrals, contractors, legislators and their staffs', centers, parents, providers, state departments and advocates.
To help support the continuation of this resource and or advertise in the Monday Morning Update, click
HERE.
You can also make a donation to CAPPA and CAPPA Children's Foundation
The Children's Foundation is a non-profit organization (501(c)3), Taxpayer Identification Number is
03-0521444. Your generous donation is tax deductible.
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State Legislation
This week, California Assembly and Senate floor sessions will convene on Tuesday and Thursday.
To date, for the 2017-18 Legislative Session, the California State Assembly has introduced 1,870 Assembly Bills (including 137 new ones in 2018) and the State Senate has introduced 898 Senate Bills (including 81 in 2018).
Click here
to see all of the legislation that has been identified to be of interest to our field. You can find fact sheets and sample letter templates when available. On this page, CAPPA will also note legislative hearings of interest to our field. To track and/or review legislation or to create your own tracking list,
click here.
Bills of interest to the child care and early education field are as follows:
- AB 605 (Mullin) Day care center: birth to first grade license option - This bill would create a single integrated license for child care centers thus reducing vacancies and enabling the current system to serve more children. BACKGROUND: In the 1970s, California led the nation in creating a licensing system for community care facilities, and pioneered recognition of the special needs of infants and toddlers with a license distinct from that of preschool-age care. While the standard of care in California statute remains appropriate, the bifurcation of early care licensing in California into two separate licenses is unnecessary and problematic. California is one of only two states in the country which employ a separate infant-toddler license, and family child care providers are not subject to the dual-license requirement.
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AB 1694 (Stone) Foster care payments: income - Last year,
AB 404 created the unintended consequence of leading to the disclusion of foster care payments as countable income across an array of social service programs. As a result, this would mean that foster families who apply for the APP program would have their entire income counted at $0,moving them to the top of all lists, and essentially leaving no slots for the working poor. This bill seeks to remedy that action and would repeal prohibition on foster care payments from being considered income. This act is an urgency statute, therefore the law would take effect immediately.
- AB-1754 (McCarty) Pre-K for All Act of 2018 - This bill, the Pre-K for All Act of 2018, would require the state to provide all 4-year-old children who meet those eligibility requirements with access to early care and education programs and establishes the intent of the state to ensure a fair start to all low-income children by providing quality early care and education for all low-income children whose families wish to enroll them in early care and education programs.
- SB-837 Transitional kindergarten: enrollment for 4-year-olds - Essentially, this bill is seeking to expand enrollment in Transitional Kindergarten to younger 4-year-olds.This bill would require progressively younger 4-year-old pupils to be admitted to a transitional kindergarten program maintained by a school district or charter school, as provided, until, in the 2022-23 school year and each school year thereafter, the bill would require all 4-year-old pupils to be admitted to a transitional kindergarten program maintained by a school district or charter school. The bill would authorize, from the 2015-16 school year to the 2021-22 school year, inclusive, a 4-year-old child who is not required to be admitted to a transitional kindergarten program to be admitted to a transitional kindergarten program, as provided.
Upcoming dates of importance in regards to 2-year bills:
- On January 19th 313 bills still in their house of origin must be out of any committee and be on the floor.
- All of these bills have to be out of their house of origin by January 31st.
In the months since they have been gone, three legislators from the Assembly have resigned. In the immediate, the resignations have cost the Democrats their supermajority in the Assembly. This simply means that if legislation is needed that requires a 2/3rds vote in the Assembly, then some Republicans will need to be convinced. When the vacancies are filled, it is anticipated that all will be filled by Democrats as all are seated within safe Democratic districts.
For 2018, putting the above aside, it is also an election year. It is anticipated that highly visible legislation will be pursued to offset some of the federal actions that have been taken such as tax reform; in addition to affordable housing; disaster preparedness; health care and more. Also, Governor Brown is in his final year. Being a
lame-duck governor, it is unclear whether the governor will prioritize issues in the past he has noted as important such as an overhaul of the state's pension structure, a building of "...
new roads, and highways, and bridges, and airports, and tunnels, and railways..." , climate control and health care to name a few.
Also being closely watched is a federal case before the
to overturn the right of public employees who do not belong to a union be required to pay a fee to cover the union's costs to negotiate a contract that applies to all public employees. Arguments on this case will begin on February 26, 2018.
For child care and early education, our need and our ask is quite simple...
WHAT DO WE WANT...CHILD CARE SLOTS!!!
WHEN DO WE WANT THEM...NOW!!!
- Parents need access to 24 hour/7 days per week affordable child care options that meet the demands of full time employment.
- Children need stable and enriching child care settings to attain greater educational outcomes.
- Child care providers and teachers need to be reimbursed livable rates that value their profession and economic contributions.
- Employers need a reliable workforce.
CAPPA's priorities will be:
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To increase the number of and access to subsidized child care slots to address a huge unmet need for working families -
In 2015, an estimated 1.5 million children from birth through age 12 were eligible for care, according to a Budget Center analysis of federal survey data. In California's Alternative Payment voucher program and General Child Care there are fewer than 33,000 child care slots allocated to support working poor families.
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Building
workforce
capacity of providers with livable rates that are at least comparable to the minimum wage
The fact is that infant and toddler care is an extremely low profit area. For a child care provider, costs are high when factoring in housing, supplies, insurance and labor. State law requires that child care center providers maintain a ratio of one staff member for every four children under 18 months and one staff member to every six children who are under 18 months to three years. The ratio is one staff member to every 12 children for preschool aged three and four.
In California, the state's minimum wage is increased to $11.00 per hour beginning January 1, 2018. Infant/toddler full time child care rates vary from region to region, but average $9.16 an hour in a child care center, $5.70 an hour in a family child care home, and $3.99 in a family, friend and neighbor licensed-exempt care.
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alue all child care and early education providers and centers with rates that recognize the value of their contributions to children, while meeting the financial requirements of operating small businesses as state and local minimum wage increases
State Budget Update
will be available to CAPPA Members and subscribers only. On this new and improved webpage, CAPPA will begin hosting enhanced budget information and strategic communications. Annual subscriptions will be available to non-members for $50/year.
On Wednesday, January 10, Governor Brown released his
Click
here to read the summary and
here
for detail.
Upcoming Budget hearings are as follows:
- January 18: State Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee: Overview of the Governor's 2018-19 Proposed BudgetSenator Holly Mitchell, Chair
Upon adjournment of Appropriations Committee - Burton Hearing Room #4203
- January 23: State Assembly Budget Committee: Overview of the Governor's 2018 Budget
Assemblymember Phillip Ting, Chair
10 a.m. to 12 noon - State Capitol, Room 4202
California Budget & Policy Center: Our Analysis of Governor's Proposed Budget
On January 10, Governor Jerry Brown released a proposed 2018-19 budget that prioritizes building up reserves amid deep uncertainty about looming federal budget proposals, the impacts of the recently enacted federal tax bill, and future economic conditions. The Governor forecasts revenues that are $4.2 billion higher (over a three-year "budget window" from 2016-17 to 2018-19) than previously projected in the 2017-18 budget enacted last June, driven largely by continued economic growth. The Governor's budget assumes no changes to current federal policies and funding levels and is not yet able to account for the potential impacts of the Republican tax bill passed in late December.
Also, we're pleased to announce that the Budget Center will hold a webinar briefing on Wednesday, January 17 from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. to discuss the Governor's proposed budget and the issues that will shape this year's budget debate. Executive Director Chris Hoene and our team of analysts will talk about the Governor's budget proposal and take your questions.
Brief Says State Policymakers Should Make Pro-Jobs Policies a Priority, And Turn Over More Responsibility to Private Charities That Turn Lives Around
California policymakers should reform government anti-poverty programs to remove incentives against work while expanding job opportunities in the state's poorest communities, according to a new issue brief released today by the non-partisan California-based think tank, the
Pacific Research Institute.
"When Americans think about poverty, they think of the destitution and despair of Appalachia. Shockingly, wealthy California has serious poverty problem, with 8 million people - and nearly one in five children - living in poverty," said Kerry Jackson, author of the brief and fellow with PRI's Center for California Reform. "Poverty is a statewide tragedy that should be a top priority for California policymakers in 2018. This important issue brief evaluates state anti-poverty programs, offers recommendations for reform, and profiles private charities and nonprofits that are making a difference in lifting people out of poverty."
Among the findings of "Good Intentions":
- Causes of California's unacceptably-high poverty rate include the perverse incentives of government anti-poverty programs that dis-incentivize work, the state's ongoing housing crisis, and anti-business climate.
- Lawmakers should look to examples of successful reforms in Wisconsin, Virginia, Michigan, and other states as they evaluate and consider much-needed reforms to California's current government programs to improve effectiveness and reduce taxpayer costs.
- Programs like St. John's Program for Real Change in Sacramento, Solutions for Change in Vista, Working Wardrobes in Orange County, and Father Joe's Villages in San Diego are examples of real-life private charities that policymakers should consider replicating across the state.
- One of the most critical things lawmakers can do to reduce poverty is encourage more job opportunities and economic growth statewide, especially in poor communities.
The California Child Care Study is being done by Child Trends and its partners, IMPAQ International and Brian Fitzgerald RPE-DVBE, for the California Department of Social Services and the California Department of Education.
milies who use it. Information from the study can help the government make choices about child care programs. It can also help the government make services for families better.
The study will include people from across California. It will include local agencies that help families get child care assistance. The study will also include child care programs, and include families whose child care is subsidized by the government.
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Federal
Federal Advocacy Opportunity! Support CCDBG Increase in 2018 Appropriations! A message from the Child Care Law Center:
Please take a moment today to help increase funding for the Child Care and Development Block Grant.
Congressional Democrats and Republicans are beginning to negotiate the final year-end omnibus federal spending bill. Senator Bernie Sanders and Senator Elizabeth Warren have proposed doubling the discretionary funding for CCDBG - an increase of $2.9 billion. Please add your organization's name to the dozens who have already signed on.*
Now is our chance to increase the sequestration caps that have been crippling funding for child care, health care, and many other programs that children and families rely on.
Read more background information here.
Your organization can sign on to the Child Care Law Center letter or
download the letter and send it on your own letterhead to your Representative.
Thank you for taking action in 2018 -
The Child Care Law Center Team
Priorities Report for FY 2017
The Office of Child Care (OCC) is pleased to announce the release of the priorities report for fiscal year (FY) 2017. The law and final rule require the Administration for Children and Families to issue an annual
report making a determination of whether states have met provisions related to the priority of services for children of families with very low family incomes, children with special needs, and
children experiencing homelessness. The new priorities report is available on this
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Of Interest
NOTE: If you would like to share your newsletter or items of interest with our field via the Monday morning e-Newsletter, then please
email us a link. Please make sure that you have a link included to an online version or viewing
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CAPPA Budget & Advocacy Day- THIS THURSDAY
January 18, 2018
California Endowment
Adelante Meeting Room
1414 K Street, #500
Sacramento, CA 95814
10:00am - 5:00pm
CAPPA invites you to join us for our Budget & Advocacy Day!
The day will begin with an expert panel sharing their input, reactions and top priorities on the 2018-19 Governor's Budget. Confirmed presenters include:
- Kristin Schumacher, California Budget and Policy Center
- Brianna Bruns, Department of Finance
- Sarah Neville-Morgan, California Department of Education, Early Education & Support Division
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Mike Herald, Western Center on Law & Poverty
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Seren Taylor, Assembly Republican Caucus
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Edgar Cabral & Sara Cortez, LAO
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Elizabeth Fuller, Legislative Women's Caucus Consultant
We will then move into an orientation training about the legislative process and how to conduct visits with your representatives.
In the afternoon, attendees will experience the legislative process
first-hand by spending the 2nd half of the day at the Capitol participating in legislative visits, educating lawmakers and advocating to make child care and early education a priority.
Schedule of Events
(You will receive a schedule, room assignments, and legislative advocacy packet when you check in.)
9:30am: Check in at the California Endowment- 1414 K Street,
Suite 500, Sacramento, CA 95814
10:00am-11:45am: Opening remarks and budget panel discussions
11:45am-12:15pm: Legislative orientation
12:15pm- 12:45pm: Lunch
1:00pm-5:00pm: Legislative Visits
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ALL NEW! 2018 Early Learning & Child Care Webinar Series
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This is Your Opportunity
to Receive Professional
Development in a Format
Convenient to You.
CAPPA Children's Foundation, in partnership with MCT
Technology, brings you an ALL NEW Series of trainings, all for one low price
per center or program location.
View the webinar series and be connected without ever leaving your location. This is a fabulous opportunity to train your staff on the most requested child care topics for 2018 at an affordable price in an
incredibly convenient format.
Click Here
to see more details and to
register for the all new 2018 series.
January 2018 Webinar:
Curriculum Development for Early Childhood Education
Jamie Apostol, M.A., Faculty CSULB Departments of Child Development & Family Studies and Human Development
During this webinar, you will learn how to equip, plan, and implement a developmentally appropriate curriculum and learning environment for young children. Explore techniques for practicing positive guidance, planning successful group experiences, and facilitating cultural diversity within the classroom setting. Emphasis is on developing a child-centered, integrated, and developmentally appropriate curriculum for the early years. A variety of curricular approaches will be modeled and assessed.
The 2010- 2017 series' are still available for purchase. Purchase the 2010, 2011 and 2012 webinar CDs for 50% off!!
For more information or to view past topics,
Click Here.
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California Department of Education - Upcoming Webinars
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- Desired Result (DR) System: January 16, 2018
- Morning Session for Center-Based Programs:
Topic: Overview of the Desired Results System to Inform the Program Self Evaluation Process Center Based Programs
Time: 9:30am
Register HERE.
Event Number: 668 796 783
Event Password: 147416
- Afternoon Session for Alternative Payment Programs
Topic: Overview of the Desired Results System to Inform the Program Self Evaluation Process Center Based Programs
Time: 9:30am
Register HERE.
Event Number: 668 796 783
Event Password: 147416
- How to Prepare for a Contract Monitoring Review (CMR) : January 18, 2018
- Webinar: Eligibility, Certification, Recertification, and Notice of Action, January 25, 2018
- Webinar: Need and Fees: January 25, 2018
- Afternoon Session only
Time: 1:00pm
Register HERE.
Event Number: 661 888 769
Event Password: 147426
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Join with Other Early Care and Education Advocates for Early Learning Advocacy Day.
Registration fee ($50) includes keynote presenter, education, morning snacks and lunch, followed by legislative visits.
Confirmed Speaker: 
Kristin Shumacher, Policy Analyst
California Budget and Policy Center
Kristin Schumacher joined the Budget Center as a policy analyst in 2013. Prior to joining the Budget Center, she taught public policy and public administration courses in the School of Public Affairs at the University of Colorado Denver and held research positions with the University and the Feminist Majority Foundation. She also worked in fundraising and development with the Colorado AIDS Project in Denver. She received a PhD in public affairs from the University of Colorado Denver and a master's degree in social work with an emphasis in policy and administration from the University of Texas, Austin.
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